In Caesarea Philippi, I didn’t realize there was one more step on the uneven rocky steps. You really kept my foot from slipping. That would have been a disaster otherwise because the steps were big and the terrain harsh. Psalm 1211 I lift up my eyes to…
Category: Seeing God’s Hand in Daily Adventures or Misadventures
Trip To Jerusalem: A Mother’s Odyssey Back in Time Part 1
HOLY LAND TOUR The day before we were scheduled to depart for the Holy Land, Matthew came down with a relentless fever. A request for healing was passed through the prayer chain of CCF Thursday Night Bible Study Group of Pastor Peter Tanchi. Twelve hours before the flight, the fever was completely gone and…
Surprise at Ningle Terrace, Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
The original weather forecast didn’t include snow; snow started melting early February instead of mid-March. Still, since “setting sail” for Sapporo, how we wished the Lord would let it snow. As if on cue after setting foot at the Ningle Terrace parking lot, we were suddenly startled by a sweet snow surprise… …❄️which set the…
Doglsedding in Hokkaido
Our Plan B (Panakip Butas) activity turned out to be our best Hokkaido experience! I had the day’s itinerary planned out but was informed that our main destination, the ropeway to Hokkaido’s tallest mountain located in Daisetsuzan National Park, Mount Asahidake, might be closed. We would hire a car to take us on a six-hour…
Snowshoeing on Grouse Mountain
Just a seventeen-minute drive from our downtown hotel, Grouse Mountain— the Peak of Vancouver— has grand nature trek possibilities throughout the four seasons. Heidi takes me on a snow trip, my first in over thirty years! Her annual pass affords us some lead over the holiday crowds… …plus half off for my entrance ticket and…
Birds’ Feathers
I just about froze this morning as we dared the winds while exploring the Vancouver Waterfront. I realized that the Extra Warm Heatteach of Uniqlo did not warm me. I needed to upgrade to the ULTRA WARM Heattech thermals for me not to freeze. Then, we come across this happy little bird frolicking in a…
From Storm Survivors to International Performers: REO Brothers
With the shirts on their backs, guitars on their hands, this foursome brothers survived the fury of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan); as REO Brothers band, they might just take the world by storm! I had the opportunity to meet them as they provided the dance music for a 1960’s Beatles-themed party. (Their band name honors their parents,…
Mac OSX Mountain Lion Screensaver: Biei Blue Pond, Hokkaido
In 1988, the tallest volcano in the Tokachi Volcanic Group from Daisetsuzan National Park, Hokkaidō in Japan— Mount Tokachi— erupted. In order to protect the nearby town of Biei from mudflows, Biei River was treated. This process accidentally put colloidal aluminium hydroxide in the water which then caused the water to turn this gorgeous hue of blue. So grateful that despite…
Arima Onsen 1: The Lodge Arima Resort
After surviving the fast-paced crowd walks in train stations and shopping hallways in nearby busy cities, Japan also has these sweet blissful havens surrounded by nature where you can detoxify and chillax 🙂 Case in point… Kobe is the sixth largest city in Japan but behind its famed Mount Rokko, the historical hot spring town…
Grape-Picking at Kobe Fruit Flower Park
Kobe Fruit Flower Park is a lovely family destination with a ride park, go-kart, farm circus, fairy tale amusement park, Monkeys Theater, Forest of Horse Land, farm bus, putter golf, onsen, pool plaza, restaurants, farm circus market, plant factory, greenhouse, agricultural product processing plant, souvenir shop, and my favorite— gardens and fruit picking! The garden landscape…
BUTTERFLY IN THE SPRING 